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Southern Baptist assumes high position with U.S. Air Force

BIG PROMOTION — Southern Baptist Chaplain Col. Randall E. “Randy” Kitchens, shown here with his wife Sherri, was approved by the U.S. Senate July 30 as the Air Force's 27th deputy chief of chaplains. He is the second consecutive Southern Baptist chaplain to hold the position. (BP photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force)

Southern Baptist assumes high position with U.S. Air Force

August 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (BP) — Chaplain Col. Randall E. “Randy” Kitchens of the U.S. Air Force received confirmation from the U.S. Senate July 30 to become the U.S. Air Force’s 27th…

Portland not hopeless, church planters say

NEAR THE ACTION -- Pastors pray in early June in Pioneer Square, the notorious site of protests in downtown Portland that are still ongoing. (BP photo courtesy of Clay Holcomb)

Portland not hopeless, church planters say

August 6, 2020

Free evangelism kits available to pastors

Free evangelism kits available to pastors

August 5, 2020

For the Little Ones

Mississippi native puts Mister Rogers to work teaching children

For the Little Ones

July 23, 2020

So. Baptist ministry spotlighted for anti-human trafficking work

MINISTRY HONORED — Kay Bennett (right), director of Baptist Friendship House in New Orleans, accepts the Director’s Community Leadership Award from Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (FBI photo)

So. Baptist ministry spotlighted for anti-human trafficking work

July 16, 2020

Sanctions removal to
be recommended for
SWBTS, Dockery says
FORT WORTH, Texas — Sanctions placed on Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2023 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) will be recommended for removal, President David S. Dockery announced in a letter to the seminary community April 8. The letter comes after an April 6-7 visit from a SACSCOC team who met with seminary board members, administrators, faculty, staff and students to evaluate the current status of the institution. Sanctions were put in place following a July 31, 2022, financial audit “revealed deep financial vulnerabilities, including large deficits that threatened the seminary’s long-term stability,” Dockery said. “Over the past 43 months, since the Board of Trustees initiated changes at the seminary, the administration has worked to address these challenges, making measurable progress each semester.”